JOHN GAY'S LONDON
Written by William Henry Irving
Published by Harvard University Press
in 1928
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- LONDON
- POETRY
JOHN GAY'S LONDON
Written by William Henry Irving.
Stock no. 2134803
1st.
1928.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with white title label to spine. Illustrated from the poetry of the time. Spine is bumped and browned. Some spotting to covers. Half of fold-out map is torn off and loosely inserted to rear. Contents are generally very good. Wrapper is in two pieces, torn down one edge; other tears and chips; some loss; tape marks to base of spine.
Front cover
Contents
- I. The Town, Gay, and Grub Street
- II. London in Classical Types:
- I. The "Arts"
- II. Juvenal's Third Satire
- III. Journeys about Town
- III. Trivia and the Life of the Streets
- IV. The Rake
- V. Amusements
- VI. Vignettes of Street and River
- Appendices:
- A. Costume
- B. Early Editions of Trivia
- Bibliography
- Index